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UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

CHARLES E. MERRIFIELD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

STRAW-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 272,572, dated February 20, 1883.

- Application filed Novomber27,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. MERRI- FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straw-Stackers,

v of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in straw-stacking attachments to a thrashing and separating machine; and the objects of my improvements are, tirst, to do away with the extra truck nowused to transport the strawstacking machines; secondly, to simplify the parts and connect them with the necessary parts of a thrashing and separating machine, so that the straw-stacker can be more quickly and easily made ready for transportation or .operation; thirdly, to reduce the costof the stacker. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the entire machine in connection with a thrashing and separating machine ready for operation. Fig. 2 is a detail drawing of the adjustable platform which supports the turn-table, showing its connections with the rear axle of thrashingmachine.

Similar letters refer to similarparts throughout the several views.

A is the thrashing-machine.

B is the straw-carrier which is ordinarily used on thrashing-machines, and can be made of any'suitable or required length.

K is an adjustable platform connected with the axle P of machine A by eyebolts k, which are bolted to the under side of the platformtimbers, and eyebolts p, bolted to axle P, both being connected by pins 19. Instead of eyebolts, hinges may be used.

O O are adjustable supports formed of two parts, 0 and 0', held together by clamps 0 and secured in the desired position by set-screws r. Said supports are secured to platform K by sockets R, which are bolted to the sides of the platform-timbers. By using my adjustable supportsIam enabled to level the platform K, on which rests the straw-stacker H, it the machine is stationed on uneven ground.

it are rods or chains to hold platform K up during transportation, while a clevis, I, at each side, which secures the platform-timbers to the under side of the sills of the thrasher, prevents the platform from swinging sidewise.

J is the turn-table, secured to and operated on platform K, which carries the driving mech-. anism for propelling the stacker-belts and slats.

H is the straw-stacker; h It, the hinges connecting the folding sections of the stacker. h hand h k are staples or toops, to which ropes d d are secured.

(J is a derrick bolted or hinged to the deck or to a cross-bar on the deck of the thrashingmachine; or it may be bolted or hinged to the sides of the machine.

0 c are the spars of derrick O.

old-are ropes to raise or lower the stacker H by windlass D, which is secured to the top of the thrashing-machine or to the side of the same, or to one of the spars c of derrick O.

N N are adjustable braces secured to derrick U and to machine A, or to a cross-bar on and swung onto the deck of the thrasher A, be-

tween spars c c of derrick O, by the use of derrick O and windlasses D and F. The derrick O is then lowered onto deck of machine A by ropef. Adjustable chains or rodsti'are then secured in place, connecting platform K with machine A, and holding the platform in position; or, if desired, platform K can be separated i'rom the thrashing-machine by simply removing pin 19 out of eyebolts or hinges k andp. Adjustable supports 0 0 are taken out of sockets R. The machine is now ready for transportation. Where the premises do not allow the use of derrick G and turn-table J- as, for instance, when the thrasheris operated in abarn-the stackerH can be substituted for stacker H, turn-table J, platform K. and rods straw carrier B and directly attached to or chains z 72, substantially as described, and

thrasher. for the purpose specified.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters In testimony whereof I have signed my name I 5 5 Patent, is to this specification in the presence of two sub- 1. The combination of adjustable supports scribing Witnesses. O 0, platform K, clevis I, eyebolts or hinges 7c and 19, pins 12, and axle P, substantially as (JHALLL-S MERRIFIELD' described, and for the purpose set forth. Witnesses: to 2. The combination of thrashing-machine A, CARL P. FETsoH,

derrick 0, windlasses D and F, braces N N, GOTTF. KOEHLER. 

